USPTO Patents Application 10804564

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PTO/SB/21 (02-04)

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First Named Inventor

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Examiner Name

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10/804,564

March 18, 2004

Koichi Nishioka

2652

Unassigned

16869G-101700US

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Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
Chun-Pok Leung

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PATENT

Attorney Docket No.: 16869G-101700US
Client Reference No.: 340300232US01

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

In re application of: Examiner: Unassigned

Koichi Nishioka et al. Art Unit: 2652

Application No.: 10/804,564 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

UNDER 37 CFR §1.97 and §1.98

Filed: March 18,2004

For: MAGNETORESISTIVE HEAD AND
MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

Commissioner for Patents

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Sir:

The references cited on attached form PTO/SB/08A are being called to the attention of
the Examiner. A copy of the foreign patent reference is enclosed. It is respectfully requested that the
cited references be expressly considered during the prosecution of this application, and the references be
made of record therein and appear among the "references cited" on any patent to issue therefrom.

As provided for by 37 CFR § 1 .97(g) and (h), no inference should be made that the
information and references cited are prior art merely because they are in this statement and no
representation is being made that a search has been conducted or that this statement encompasses all the
possible relevant information.

Applicant believes that no fee is required for submission of this statement. However, if a
fee is required, the Commissioner is authorized to deduct such fee from the undersigned's Deposit
Account No. 20-1430. Please deduct any additional fees from, or credit any overpayment to, the above-
noted Deposit Account.

Respectfully submitted,

Chun-Pok Leung
Reg. No. 41,405

TOWNSEND and TOWNSEND and CREW LLP

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PTO/SB/08A (08-03)

Substitute for form 1449A/PTON^> rtftitfr^

Complete if Known

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

Application Number

10/804,564 |

Filing Date

March 18, 2004

STATEMENT BY APPLICANT

First Named Inventor

Koichi Nishioka

Art Unit

2652

(use as many sheets as necessary)

Examiner Name

Unassigned

Sheet 1 | of 1

Attorney Docket Number

16869G-101700US

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS+

Document Number

Name of Patentee or
Applicant of Cited Document

Pages, Columns. Lines, Where
Relevant Passages or Relevant
Figures Appear

Examiner
Initials*

Cite
No. 1

Number Kind Code 2 (if known)

Publication Date
MM-DD-YYYY

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US-5, 159,51 3

04-21-2000

Dieny et al.

2

US-5,583,752

12-10-1996

Sugimoto et al.

3

US-6,313,973

11-06-2001

Fuke et al.

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

Examiner
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No. 1

Foreign Patent Document

Publication Date
MM-DD-YYYY

Name of Patentee or
Applicant of Cited
Document

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Where Relevant

Passages or Relevant
Figures Appear

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Country Code 3 Number 4 Kind Code 9 (if known)

4

JP 2000-113418 A

04-21-2000

Hitachi Ltd.

Examiner

Date

Signature

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EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line through citation if not in conformance
and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant. 1 Applicant's unique citation designation number (optional). 2
Kind Codes of U.S. Patent Documents at www.uspto.gov or MPEP 901.04. Enter Office that issued the document, by the two-letter code (WIPO
Standard ST.3). 4 For Japanese patent documents, the indication of the year of the reign of the Emperor must precede the serial number of the patent
document. 5 Kind of document by the appropriate symbols as indicated on the document under WIPO Standard ST. 16 if possible. 8 Applicant is to
place a check mark here if English language Translation is attached.
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